Fig. 1
From: Biosynthesis pathways of expanding carbon chains for producing advanced biofuels
Development progress of bio-based small molecule compounds for replacing petroleum industry. With the development of bio-based small molecule compounds for substituting non-renewable gasoline, increasing length of carbon chain has been a hallmark of biosynthesis strategy. One of the major future developments of bio-based small molecule compounds for replacing fossil fuel is to exploit advanced biofuels with long carbon chains (C > 6) using appropriate engineering strategy